The competition for prizes may have been fierce at this past weekend's Greek events, but philanthropies were the real winners as students skied, twisted and generally "bowled over" charities with generosity.

Fire investigators have not ruled out arson as a possible cause of the fire that gutted the Penn State Veterans House Friday afternoon, leaving 21 people homeless.

Almost three months after Undergraduate Student Government President Seth Williams shocked University Park by revealing administrators' 1986-87 salaries, the administration's interest in the matter has subsided.

Commonwealth campuses declared their equality with University Park Saturday afternoon, corresponding to administrative officials' recent statements that they have become a University priority.

Some cried. Some hugged. Some stared into space, not believing they had lost everything. But the 21 residents of the Veteran's House pulled together and tried to resume their lives after the fire that destroyed their home Friday night.

A University sophomore was struck by a hit-and-run driver early yesterday morning as she attempted to cross East Beaver Avenue at the intersection of Locust Lane, authorities said.

Federal deficits and the 1990 budget top the list of concerns among area lawmakers for 1989 as the 101st Congress begins.

The barbershop quartet, an a cappella form of singing once considered grounds for a social gathering, is alive and well in Centre County. But the quartets have left the barbershops and entered the community.

Despite a below-normal level of snowfall, it has been business as usual this season for the Tussey Mountain Ski Area and local ski shops.

The relationship between the Undergraduate Student Government and the University administration is one that wavers with the personalities of top-ranking officials in both organizations. Rarely have those personalities complimented one another.

Academic requirements, random drug testing and the development of a student athlete board highlighted the National Collegiate Athletic Association's 83rd annual convention January 6-13 in San Francisco.

Some Council of Commonwealth Student Governments representatives this weekend questioned the University's commitment to backing its stated priorities with funding.

Twenty-one University veterans remained homeless yesterday after a fire early Friday evening destroyed their house, injuring no one but killing a pet dog and cat.

After going 0-3 in overtime games this season, no one would blame ice hockey coach Joe Battista if he started to sweat when his team left the ice after the third period with the score tied 3-3 against Buffalo State Friday night.

The men's volleyball team's match against George Mason yesterday in the semifinals of the Nittany Lion-Mizuno Invitational was not the Battle of the Bulge, but do not tell that to the team.

The tournament of champions lived up to its billing Friday night when the men's gymnastics team downed a diminished New Mexico team, 266.95-133.30.

Penn State's fencing teams fenced for 10 straight hours Saturday, and for 10 straight hours the two squads won.

The women's swimming and diving team broke its two-meet losing streak by beating the Boston University Lady Terriers and the Brown University Lady Bruins this weekend.

At the Purina Cat Classic in Missouri this weekend, the women's gymnastics team lost its second meet of the season. The Lady Lions also lost one of their nine lives.

For the second time in seven days, the Nittany Lions downed Rhode Island. And for the second time in three days, Penn State had to mount a second-half comeback to clinch the victory.

The men's indoor track team knew competition would be fierce at the Kodak Invitational Track Meet this past weekend, but it overcame that to score impressive individual showings.

The wrestling team found the Sooner state unfriendly territory this weekend, dropping its first two matches of the year, a 22-15 decision to eighth-ranked Oklahoma Saturday and an 18-16 heartbreaker to No. l Oklahoma State yesterday.

Even though it was plagued by injuries going in to the finals, the men's volleyball team saw a tremendous effort from some of its younger players as it captured first place in the Nittany Lion-Mizuno Invitational.

Lisa Lambert and Kathy Phillips combined for 41 points Saturday to lead the women's basketball team past to a 104-64 rout of St. Bonaventure.

Collegian Editorial

My Opinion: Pete Johnson